Waistband, belt, and the like.



' No. 815,056. Y PATENTVED MAR.13, 190

- A BADIB-LE' TARD. i ,WAIISTBAND', B'ELT,,AND THE LIKE. I

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28. 1905.

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PATBNTED MAR. 13, 1906. LEOTARD.

"No. 815,056. v

- 'E. ABADIE- WAIST'BAND, BELT, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28. 1905.

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lrllllllvll ld PAT T- mites V .To Beit known that I, EDOUARD ABADIE-LfcoTARD, a citizen of the Republic of France,

residing in Paris, Franceyhave invented 'cer a tain new and usefulImprovements in Waist- .bands, Belts, andthe Like, of whichthefollowingis a specification. This invention relates to the class of belts and.bandages for supporting the abdominal [0 parts of the bodyin accordancewith the i principles fully enumerated .byDr. Glenard;

a belt or a'stie or rubber threads are disposed in zones during theweaving of the fabric in such a 'mannerthat the several zonesoiferdiflerent degrees of resistance to; i extension when the'strain isapplied longi tudinally of thebelt. v o g H .Anotherfeature of theinvention lies in the "disposal! of thesezones on'eiv above another; thelowermost'ofiering the greatest resistance to extension, the "next aboveofieringa little resistance.

i is the widerfoffthe" three, the middle zone somewhat narrower;andtheupper zone the p 'f narrower.

Another featureis that the elastic fabric is in a singleorintegral.strip wovenat one pp ration;

. Inthe accompanying drawin s,whichserve to illustrate the'invention'igure-w 1 is an outer faeeviewofi a waist-.beltfori men embodying thepresent invention" Fig. 2 is an innervface view of a similar belt, butwider and having threestrapsfor securing it. Fig.

3 is an outer -face v1ew-'of .a waist-belt for women. "Fi 's. I devicesforth v F'g. 4shows the entirebelt'." 'Fig. 5'is an enlarged view ofthefastenin' devices- (stra s andbuckles)' atwthe back'o the belt, Eigs.6 and ;7 are detail views of the buckle and straps.- g a "It will'notbenecessari;

scribe thelacingfat thebac nor the beltefastenings shown, in Figs.' 1and 2. .o These latter. may be ordinary 'strapsand buckles;*biit anysuitablefasteningevioes may be'ein'ployed. The important 'feature 01?the "invention; is the peculiarWfabric of which. the band-or belt itselfis composed.

to minute] de-' This isa fabric woven/in a loom such as is Specificationof Letters Intent. Application filed January 28,1905. 'Serial in.243,164.

and the hbgect of" the invention is to provide "and' ,comlposed' ofelastic woven fabric wherein the e il'essresistance, andtheuppermo'stthe least 5 ,7 o

This consists of three pairsfof straps'c d and l -The. objectm makingthe zonesA, B, and O'of. different widths is not=for the purpose of 4,"5, 6,y'and 7"show fastening" e belt at; the back in lieu of'lac-(shown in .ig. 3)

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commonly emlplloyed in'weaving elastic fabrics, butv in W 'c'htheelastic threads are of I v different thickness and strength.-

J Thelower zone A of the bandor belt'has in it'the stronger elasticthreads and will be the most resistant. This zone A occupies aboutone-half the width of the belt or'band. The 4 middle. zone B is narrowerthan the zone A, and the elastic threads in it willofier less resistaneeto extension. The upper zone C is 5 narrower still than the zone B andwill offer still less resistance tov extension.

. 1 At theright in 'Fig. land at left i'ni i Figs. 2 a'nd3 the differentcharacters-of the fabric in theseveral zones is illustrated somewhatdiagrammatically: f Obviou'sl ;the"re'sistance to extension of theelastic abric may be obtained in various Ways, as .by increasingthethicknessof the rublber threads or by'massingthem closer tog The beltor band ma have two or more elastic zones offering di erent degrees ofresistanceto, extension. Three are herein 4 a I. a a shown. ,These zonesmay in the weaving be f Anotherfeatui'e is that theflow ermost zone 1distinguished by different colorsbr tints butY this is not essential. Ap, I. Figs. 4to 7 eshowa substitute at the' baok' of the'belt or. bandfor lacin'gseen in Fig. 3.

a frame f and buckles, each. comprising a k e isgsecured to the hingedjaw g. buc

strap d, and the jaw bites on the stra c. The

outer'face is designated'by-a and t e inner making the zone more or lessresistant to extension, but for a hygienic purpose, the region to becovered by thestronger zone A 95 bemgwider 'thzinthat to be covered bythe narroWerzones.

;-Ha'v'ing' thus? described my invention, I i

1'. 'A. belt of"elasticjand inte allyewoven xcofabric,.havingelasticzones whic 'ofier different de ees of resistance tostrain exerted to 'exte'n the-belt elasticallf lengthwise, the

lowermost zone' offering t e eatest resistance and theupperinost zone teleastelastic ro5 "resistance. Y

2. A belt' of elastic" and integrally-woven fabric, in two sectionsconnectedby fastenf in means at the'back of the wearer, said belt Y bemgdivided-longitudinally into three zones no which offer different.degrees of resistance to tionately to its width, less elastic material,in elastic extension when a force is applied lonits cross-section thaneither of the other gitudinally of the belt. zones. I I 3. A belt ofelastic and integrally-woven In witness whereof I have hereunto si ed 5fabric, having its'width divided into three my name in the presence oftwo subscri ing 1 5 zones. extending longitudinally, the lowerwitnesses.-

zone being the widest and having, pr0p0r, EDOUARD ABADIE-LEOTARDtionately to Its wldth, more elastic material Witnesses: in itscross-section than-either of the other 'JULES ARMENGAUD, Jeune,

IO zones, and the upper zone having, propor- AROHIBALD R. BAKER.

